Tell Us A Story is taking this week off so we can spend some quality time with our families this Thanksgiving. But don’t worry–we are still reading your submissions!

So do you have a good story to tell? Remember, you don’t need to be an author by trade (or by hobby) to submit to us. We’re looking for good, compelling, true stories, in any form.

All submissions must be less than 2000 words and must be based on something that actually happened to you (not to your friend or your cousin or your high school math teacher). We are also interested in very short stories (flash [non]fiction), experimental stories, poems, or plays as long as they are true. When possible, we’d like you to send us a scanned photograph or document that correlates with your story, because those kinds of details are nice.

Please send submissions as an editable attachment (no PDFs please!!!), along with images, and a 100 word (or less) biographical statement to tellusastoryblog@gmail.com.  Put “TUAS Submission” in the subject line. Please submit only one submission at a time (unless you are sending poetry).